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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2025

Low perceived social support in mothers during pregnancy and early childhood; associations with anxiety and ADHD symptoms in children at 3 and 8 years.

Christine Baalsrud Ingeborgrud, Beate Oerbeck, Svein Friis, Are Hugo Pripp, Heidi Aase, Guido Biele, Søren Dalsgaard, Kristin Romvig Overgaard

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Christine Baalsrud IngeborgrudInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1039, Blindern, Oslo, 0315, Norway. c.b.ingeborgrud@medisin.uio.no.
Beate OerbeckDivision of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Svein FriisInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1039, Blindern, Oslo, 0315, Norway.
Are Hugo PrippOslo Centre of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Heidi AaseDepartment of Child Health and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Guido BieleDepartment of Child Health and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Søren DalsgaardChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kristin Romvig OvergaardInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1039, Blindern, Oslo, 0315, Norway.

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purposeLow perceived social support is associated with adverse effects on maternal mental health, and often coexists with other risk factors for offspring anxiety and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We aimed to investigate whether low maternal social support during pregnancy and early childhood predicted anxiety and ADHD symptoms in children at ages 3.5 and 8 years.

methodsThis study is part of the longitudinal, population-based Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study. Mothers were queried about perceived social support twice during pregnancy, and again at child ages 18 months and 3 years. They were interviewed about their children's symptoms of anxiety and ADHD at 3.5 years. At 8 years (n = 781), the Child Symptom Inventory-4 was used to identify children who fulfilled the criteria for anxiety disorders and ADHD. Logistic regression models estimated the risk of child anxiety and ADHD, depending on maternal social support.

resultsLow maternal social support predicted child anxiety symptoms at both ages 3.5 and 8 years as well as ADHD symptoms at 8 years. When including other maternal stressors and child risk factors, low maternal social support remained a significant predictor for child anxiety symptoms at 3.5 years, and there was a trend towards also predicting child anxiety and ADHD symptoms at 8 years.

conclusionThe associations between low maternal social support and child symptoms of anxiety and ADHD found in the present study, suggest that focusing on mothers with low social support may hold significance for child symptoms years later.

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AnxietyAnxiety DisordersAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityMothersSocial SupportAdultChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleNorwayPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsRisk FactorsADHDAnxietyChildSocial support

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